Night Killer

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Melanie Beck is the only surviving victim of a killer-rapist who wears a Freddy Kruger-esque mask and claw. Despite having seen the killer's face, Beck has blocked it from her memory. Becoming suicidal, she tries to kill herself on the beach but is saved by Axel, another rapist sleazeball who keeps her locked in his hotel room. All this builds to a mind blowing conclusion.

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I’ve been on a really great streak lately with my movie choices! This was a ridiculously enjoyable Italian sleazefest from Claudio Fragasso. I’m really surprised that I had never heard of this before Severin decided to give it the best possible treatment and it just gives me hope that there are more undiscovered gems out there and maybe I’ll never run out of new Italian trash discoveries in this lifetime.

The acting is some of the worst I’ve ever seen, but it’s also incredibly delightful to watch. You’ve got the mother from the beginning of Silent Night, Deadly Night with a haircut she should sue over and an incredibly flamboyant Cole Houser lookalike as the leads and the story involves…

Italy is notorious for making unofficial sequels, and since this was marketed to the Italian audience as Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3, Fragasso had to make it vaguely relatable to the series right?! Well, that would explain why the villain wears a cheaply assembled, knock-off Freddy Krueger mask and a glove with long, bone like-nails/killing implements...because, you know, that's who stars in the TCM franchise, right? The burned guy with knives on his hand? Close enough for Fragasso!

Although, to further confuse everyone, the guy in the mask is actually a…

Rarely have I been so pleased to make sure the "I've watched this film before" box is checked.

This played last night @ midnight at an indie theater in Nashville.

There were about 30 of us there and we all laughed at the same confusing absurd stuff. I had a few delicious rye porters. My wife was on the verge of full-on MST3K. She had a blast with me but commented this morning, "I can't go see more of those movies." Count your blessings, everyone.........and then WATCH THIS MOVIE.

Fuck yes I've been waiting for the stars to perfectly align before I dive into this cinematic madness and tonight was the night! Pre drank at 1pm for a 1 year olds birthday party because that's how we do things and 11 hours later I'm still drankin while poor Mrs Belial sadly called it a night. 1 year olds B day was lit and he partied hard. Good job little feller. But now its time for Belials after party. Night Killer here I freakin come!

So basically this dials up every frequency of WTF film making to 11 while inventing new levels of WTFery and said new levels give birth to even more unheard of frequencies until the universe implodes…

This is best described as "confusing as shit yet entrancing". The rubber mask and rubber claws look hilarious, and it's odd that the mask is used as a prop yet the claws are legit weapons.

I love how news crews interview a psychologist who openly talks about specific diagnoses of his patient, HIPAA be damned. We rely on this same psychologist to explain the ending to us, because, let's be honest, you were NOT going to understand what you just saw.

Rarely have I been so pleased to make sure the "I've watched this film before" box is checked.

This played last night @ midnight at an indie theater in Nashville.

There were about 30 of us there and we all laughed at the same confusing absurd stuff. I had a few delicious rye porters. My wife was on the verge of full-on MST3K. She had a blast with me but commented this morning, "I can't go see more of those movies." Count your blessings, everyone.........and then WATCH THIS MOVIE.

Bonkers film from Claudio Fraggaso, which shouldn’t surprise anyone involves some sort of mutated being that is on a rape/murder spree and continues to hone in on one of it’s prey that got away. Not a great film by any means, there is a certain way in which the killer talks that isn’t necessarily scary, but so vulgar that it is pretty unsettling. It kind of reminds me of the obscene calls made in the original Black Christmas. Either way no matter how sleazy the dialogue comes off the onscreen sexual violence is never matched, which is probably a good thing. I don’t know why this was going to be released as a Texas Chainsaw Massacre unofficial sequel, since there are absolutely zero similarities.

Where do I begin with this film? Should I start with the cheap Freddy Kruger mask or the batshit insanity in the film or the awkward acting throughout? "Night Killer" is possibly one of the best bad films I have ever seen. The acting and the line delivery is so hilarious that I couldn't stop laughing throughout. The killer wears a cheap Freddy Kruger mask and a cheap flimsy claw that somehow is able to be used to punch through women's stomachs. The nudity that comes out of nowhere for no reason (the main actress takes off here top for no reason while she gives exposition dialogue to herself while she is looking at a mirror). The film takes some…

My God what did I watch? This is the epitome of an ignorant ass excuse for a film that makes it up as it goes and the result ends in tear jerking laughter. I can't even explain a damn thing about this mess but I love it. This is a must see for people who enjoy bad movies. This is a goddamn trainwreck from the beginning to the end in the best way possible.

So Claudio was going for “tense, psychological thriller” and an uncredited Bruno was brought in to give it some lacking gore – what we end up with is the bonkers story of a serial killer in a Freddy mask punching holes through women while a mentally broken Tara Buckman struggles after surviving one of the attacks.

Not as clever as I’m sure Fragasso thought but between the over-the-top characters, bad acting and crazy situations there’s a fun time to be had. I’d recommend watching this one with friends.

If you thought Troll 2 was bad, wait til you see this monstrosity of a good-bad masterpiece. From the same director as Troll 2, comes this mashed up mess of a slasher film. This was released in Italy as Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3, which already makes no damn sense at all. The killer wears a Halloween mask and a rubber glove with long rubber finger nails, yet somehow continuously murders his victims by gouging right through their torsos with RUBBER nails. It almost feels like a slasher farce with the over the top acting, inconherent plot, and all around inconsistency as a film. I loved it.